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Galveston County, Texas

2026 election results. Greg Abbott (R) got 54% of the vote for governor in Galveston County. The margin is 17.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Galveston County

U.S. Senate

Ken Paxton
52.0%69,943
James Talarico
46.1%62,051
Ted Brown
1.9%2,561
100% counted

Statewide: James Talarico wins. Called.

Governor

Greg Abbott
54.0%72,745
Gina Hinojosa
44.4%59,716
Pat Dixon
1.6%2,167
100% counted

Statewide: Gina Hinojosa wins. Called.

The leader in Galveston County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 10:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
TX SenateR +6.0R +27.7D +21.8
TX GovernorR +9.8R +27.7D +17.9
TX-14R +14.2R +27.7D +13.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Galveston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.7%Donald Trump63.2%R +27.4158,775
2020Joe Biden37.9%Donald Trump60.4%R +22.6155,330
2016Hillary Clinton35.5%Donald Trump60.0%R +24.5122,903
2012Barack Obama35.9%Mitt Romney62.7%R +26.8110,078
2008Barack Obama39.8%John McCain59.3%R +19.5105,004
2004John Kerry41.4%George W. Bush57.8%R +16.4105,981
2000Al Gore43.0%George W. Bush54.2%R +11.292,983

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +16.3.

Other counties in Texas

Texas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Texas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Texas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.